Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-29
POWDERLY READY FOR NEXT
WEEK.



A telegram from Scranton, September %, says:
General Master Workman Powderly completed
his annual address to the general assembly several
days ago. IL is the longest one he has ever writ
ten and covers all the important business that
Will cume before the general assembly in Miune-
apolis next week. Mr. Powderly HIS also formu-
lated number OF bills, which he Will present to
the assembly for Its approval or rejection his idea
being to have them presented to Congress next
winter These bills relate TO reforms in
land matters, the establishment OF postal
savings banks and governmental control
OF the railroads and telegraphs OF the
country. Mr.. Powderiy says that he ex-
poets that the general executive board VIII be up
held at the coming assembly. There is not nearly
50 much opposition to the boards management OF
affairs he says, as the public has frequently been
led to believe and he does not anticipate any great
amount OF trouble next week In Minneapolis. He
has repeatedly been assured he OF the support
or the most prominent and influential men In the
order In all parts or the country as well as OF their
hearty cooperation hereafter. lie says that the
enemies OF the general executive board have
already done all the mischief they could, but that
has not amounted to much.
In regard to his having threatened TO resign at
Minneapolis he says that such is not the case
though he has always been ready to step down
and out whenever majority of the active workers
in the order OF the Knights OF Labor should signify
Jneir desire for hun 10 do so. He says that his
term OF Office does not expire until the fall OF 1884,
and that, as far as he now knows, he will remain
at the head OF the order until that time. At the
same time he says that he would like very much
to be relieved OF the arduous duties OF his Office IT,
by his going out the order could be improved or
even kept In as good shape as IL Is at present.
Regarding the strength OF the Knights OF Labor,
he says that the order is now stronger, both In
Notwithstanding the many reports that have been
printed TO the contrary. He says that the number
OF active members In good standing is not far from
100000 Nine years ago there were only about
IS doc The falling of since last fall has been no
larger, comparatively, than 1t has been during
similar periods In past years. LABOR Was never
before so much respected as ii has been since the
Knights OF Labor became power In the land, and
it going to be more respected than ever between
now and 1900. The rank and ME OF tne order. sne
the powers that be, and all the faut-nndlng comes
from the rabid wOuld-be disorganizers who call
themselves advanced thinkers He complains OF
the manner in which he has been misrepre- ented
here and there, and this even when he was doing
all that lay In his power to build the oroer up IL
the order thinks that his shortcomings nave been
than his usefulness let them say 80 plainly,
and express desire for him to give up his ONCE,
~" Mr. 10 PowdsrIy saws that he is terribly over
worked but, as his salary Is more than three
times what IL was before the Richmond conyen.
indeed. He says that he has received nearly
lS, 600 letters since his reelection, each OF which
he has read and more than 10000 OF which he has
replied TO- He says that he Is going 70 ask the
Qenerl Assembly to demand Congress 70 pass q
law for q department OF labor at washington. the
head of which S00ll Oe CaOluct OulCcTs d. nc
cards such move OF the highest Importance TO
the laboring people OF the country.
Mr. Powderly has kept himself In pretty close
confinement at his home here since he began to
Write his annual message, not allowing anybody
To molest MIN while he was at work. He Is IN good
condit3on for the hard weeks work that Is before
him at Minneapolis AFTER that has been settled
and he has Strengthened things up at the head
Trim to England and Ireland, where he intends to
mara his influence felt among the work1ngmen.